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USTAR

(Salt Lake Tribune)– Created by USTAR and the Governor’s Office of Energy Development, the Energy Research Triangle program kicked off earlier this year by teaming with the Salt Lake Chamber to identify energy challenges facing local businesses.

Now the founding agencies are offering grants of $125,000 to teams of at least three researchers from three different nonprofit institutions in Utah that are collaborating on a project. Individual students may apply for grants of $15,000 for energy-saving projects they are pursuing, said Linda Cabrales, a spokeswoman for USTAR, the Utah Science Technology and Research initiative.

Letters of intent are due June 16. Grant applications and additional information are available at ustar.org.

Utah business people on the move

• Brian Somers has joined Utah Science Technology and Research (USTAR) as its managing director, reporting to executive director Ivy Estabrooke. He has been deputy director of the Utah Department of Heritage and Arts. USTAR also named Heather Zynczak, chief marketing officer at Pluralsight, to its board.